Milestones

By Harriet Barovick, James Colburn, Autumn De Leon, Michelle Derrow, Daniel S. Levy, Lina Lofaro, Andrew Meier, Anne Moffett and Desa Philadelphia

RETIRED. STEFFI GRAF, 30, unflappable tennis star; following a series of injuries; in Heidelberg, Germany. During her 17-year career, Graf let loose her uniquely brutal forehand to win 22 Grand Slam singles titles and take home more than $20 million. Said the longtime No. 1: "I have nothing left to accomplish."

DIED. ANTHONY RADZIWILL, 40, Emmy-winning TV producer and only son of Lee Radziwill Ross, Jackie Kennedy Onassis' sister; of cancer; in New York City. He and cousin John Kennedy Jr. were each best man at the other's wedding.

DIED. JENNIFER PATERSON, 71, plump TV chef and co-star of the high-cholesterol British cooking series Two Fat Ladies; of lung cancer; in London (see Eulogy).

DIED. LANE KIRKLAND, 77, president of the AFL-CIO from 1979 to 1995; of lung cancer; in Washington. As head of the federation, Kirkland fought to sustain the unions' waning power, in part by bringing renegades such as the U.A.W. and the Teamsters back into the fold. "All sinners belong in the church," he said.

DIED. HAROLD HENRY ("Pee Wee") REESE, 81, Hall of Fame baseball shortstop and captain of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, when Jackie Robinson joined the team and began the historic racial integration of the sport. Reese's very public camaraderie with Robinson was crucial in dissipating the ugliness that greeted the rookie. Reese led the Dodgers to seven National League pennants and, in 1955, to Brooklyn's only world championship. He retired in 1958, after a year in the Dodgers' new home, Los Angeles.

DIED. VICTOR MATURE, 86, handsome actor known for his barrel chest--and roles in epics like Samson and Delilah and The Robe; in San Diego County, Calif. "Mr. Beautiful" got his big break in 1940, after a brief appearance in The Housekeeper's Daughter generated 20,000 fan letters. But he didn't take himself too seriously. "I'm no actor," he told a country club that rejected him because of his profession. "And I have 70 movies to prove it."